Means for tagging hook-and-eye tape.



l'ranged at intervals and are adapted to inter- GEORGE H. CLIFF AND WILLIAM J. GALT, ASSIGNORS TO THE DE LONG HOK AND SYLVANIA, A CORPORATION F PENNS FFQE.

JR., 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA,

EYE COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, EENN- YLVANEA.

MEANS FOR TAGGING HOOK-AND-EYE TAPE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application led .Tune 25, 1910. Serial No. 568,897.

To fz/Z -fzr/mm it may concern:

lie it known that` we, Gannon H. Curr and WILLIAM J. GAI/r. .l1- citizens of the United Statesl` and residents of Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful 1mprorements in Means for Tagging Hookand-llye Tape, of which the followingr is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in means for tagging hook and eye tape and other articles of merchandise to which it may be found to be applicable.

The object of our invention is to provide ni ans for tagging an article of merchandise in such manner that it ma)v be identified b v purchasers and others without attaching or connecting, by means of metallic prongs or otherwise7 the tag direct-ly to the fabric or other substance constituting' the article of merchandise. On the contrary the tag is secured to the members such as hooks and eyes or other forms of attachment which are rar,- ried by the fabric or other material of inerehandise.

As employed in connection with a hook and eye tape, we have illustrated our in\'ention as consisting of a tag' member of any suitable material, preferably paper or cardboard, provided with openings spaced apart through which the forward ends of two adjacent hook members are adapted to project. lt is to be understood. however, thaty our invention may be embodied in other forms of construction and that we are not. limited to the precise .form of construction illustrated in our drawings, forming a part of this specification` and in which,-

Figure l is a plan view of a portion of hook and eye tape having a tag secured thereto. in accordance with our invention; Fig. 2 is a transverse section on the .line of Fig. l, the hook and eye being shown in side elevation; and Fig. is a plan View showing a modified construction.

ltet'crring to the drawings :M-'l and 2 designate pieces of tape or other similar articles. rl`o the tape l the hook members 3 of a hooi: and eye fastening` are secured by means of eyelets Aft and to the tape 2 eye members 5 are secured by means of eyelets t3. rvthe hoolt and eye fastening u'lembers 3 and 5 are ar- 'ends of the said hooks it is retained in posilock in the manner shown in the drawings for the purpose of securing the adjacent edges of the portions of tape l and `2 togather.

it will be understood that the hooks and eyes are permanently secured to the tape members l and 2 and that the hook and eye tape is placed upon the market in thatl Way and that the members 1 and 2 may be sewed to the opposite portions of an article of apparel. for instance., and the hooks and eyes intel-locked in the usual manner for the purpose of fastening or securing together the.. edges of such article of apparel.

lt is very desirable that means be em-A ployed for tagging the hook and eye tape for the purpose of furnishing such information with relation thereto as may be desired by the manufacturer or seller. To this end we have provided a tag 7, which may, as stated, consist. of any suitable material, preferably paper or cardboard, having openings S therein through which the ends of two adjacent hooks may be projected, indicated in Fig. l, and also indicated in Fig. 2. After the tagis placed in position over the tion by means of the eyes which are interlocked with the .said hooks. Y It will also be understood that, if desired, instead of inserting the ends of the hooksA through the said openings S the eyes when in the form shown in the drawings may loe infl serted through the said openings and the said tag retained in position by the hooks are interloeked with the said eyes. Although we prefer to secure the tag to the hook and eye tape in the manner shown in Figs. l and in which the tag is provided with two perforations or openings 8,' we ma)v employ the forni of construction indicated in Fig. 3 in which the tag 9 is pro-"95% vided with a single perforation l0 through which the hook member of the hook and eye fastening may project inthe manner shown. As stated with respect. o the construction shown in Figs. l and 2, the tag may be sel cured to the tape by. projecting through the said opening it? the eye member of the hook and eye fasteninginstead of the hoole member.

Having thus described our invent-ion, We claimzv Yin an article of nannifacture and in com` bination, a supporting' carrier, hooks and 

